Alison Dixon of the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) was the guest speaker at the October SAM meeting. Alison spoke of the importance of Small Streams and the impacts of sub-standard crossings for habitat.

Knowing that SAM members spend a great amount of time outdoors she asked that we help identify impediments in rivers and streams, and went on to explain how wildlife can be impeded from using the crossing due to a variety of culvert problems.

Over 900 stream crossings have been identified in the Housatonic Watershed in Massachusetts. It’s not only fish that may have difficulty moving through crossings, it impacts wildlife, big and small.

Wildlife can be impeded from using the crossing due to a variety of culvert problems as the slideshow below illustrates.